Maps of War 5000 yrs in 90 seconds

[uppityperson]

http://www.mapsofwar.com/

[rman]

1. very interesting

bookmarked

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. that is so effin cooool! thanks for sharing.

[Hissyspit]

3. Yay, I was aware of when and for all that. My history knowledge is not as

bad as I thought it was.

[bluescribbler]

4. cool

:kick:

[TomInTib]

5. That was quite interesting

and the transformation in the palace shot was amazing.

[Gregorian]

6. I just learned more than every history class I've ever taken.

That is quite revealing. And scary.

[rockymountaindem]

23. That's a shame

Your history classes should have done a much better job. I knew that stuff already but I thought it was very well done, however I think that sometimes they showed states fading away when they hadn't really faded away yet.

[ms liberty]

7. Awesome...Should be required viewing for every human K&R n/t

[VOX]

8. Fascinating, and informative as all get-out.

Thanks for posting this, uppityperson. :thumbsup:

[Recursion]

9. I loved Alexander and the Mongols

They had to back the map up to show Alexander, and then they really had to back the map up to show the Mongols. Go Genghis!

[sweetheart]

26. the hoardes was a good time

What a ride it must have been to, in one lifetime, take armies across asia like that.

The empires i knew the least about were the first kingdom of israel,
'the caliphate' which i really never knew existed,
and 'the ottoman empire'.

The map does not show the extent of european colonialism to the east...

[nam78_two]

10. Thats really cool! Thanks for sharing/nt

[Jokerman]

11. Wow - Great find - K & R

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Hmm, somewhat dubious in places

such as the huge 'Kingdom of Israel', for which the Bible is the only evidence. Strange to clump all of "European Colonialism" together, as well.

[glitch]

17. Also "Era of Independence" completely ignores recent and current wars.

Or do they not count because borders haven't changed much?

[ComerPerro]

18. I hate when people treat the Bible like a history book

and, as for the "European Colonialism" being lumped together, I would remind you that they covered thousands of years in a minute and a half, so each flash of control in that period would be a fraction of a second.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. It was putting all of Europe together that semed strange to me

when, for instance, Italy controlled Libya, while Britain controlled Egypt.

[Catamount]

13. Thanks, fantastic! K&R

[progressoid]

14. That's one to bookmark!

[Taxloss]

15. Interesting, thanks. K&R. n/t

[BelgianMadCow]

16. have to watch it all the way to the end!

in case you're dense like me :-)

[The Straight Story]

20. kick(nt)

[LiberalEsto]

21. What is in their drinking water?

And would Prozac help?

[IronLionZion]

25. The war on fear

might be helped with happy pills and liquid courage. What would happen if we invested part of our bloated defense budget in antidepressants and alcohol?

[LiberalEsto]

28. Rapture?

Although I'd hold off on the alcohol.

[Bucky]

22. Fun, but "Iran, 1979?"

1979 Was the Iranian Revolution against the Shah, but Iran was an indepedent state long before Khomeini came into power.

[StrictlyRockers]

24. way cool!

[ThoughtCriminal]

27. Missing Wars

WW-2
1956
1967
1973
Iran-Iraq War
Lebanon 1982
Kuwait/Gulf War I
Gulf war II

[4_TN_TITANS]

29. Peat & Repeat.....

After watching that, it seems almost logical that the US would be the next in line at trying to control the region.

Cradle of civilization - the wandering children keep finding themselves back home.

Thanks!